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Presents answers to questions on the topics of serials and CD-ROMS, patron privacy and "No Smoking" policies in libraries. Coordination of ERIC or Wilsondisc with search hits that are actually in the library serial holdings so that those hits are flagged, such as a new program called MATCH'EM; Patron privacy rules and laws at Phoenix College; New "Smoking/Clean Indoor Air Policy" adopted by the Akron-Summit County (Ohio) Public Library which will prohibit smoking and the carrying of lighted smoking materials in all ASCPL facilities and vehicles beginning in March 1989.

Reports that a committee of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will meet this month to develop standards for CD-ROM bibliographic citations. Responsibilities of the committee, such as defining the content of publisher; Expansion of standards of the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9660 Volume and File Structure; Announcement of the publication of "Information Standards Quarterly," by the NISO.

Presents recent announcements in regards to the library and information science industry. Presenting of software entitled "Magazine Article Summaries on CD-ROM," by EBSCO; Anniversary of Children and Young Adult Author Workshop program by the Shawnee Mission (Kans.) Public School system; Opening of the Tulsa University Preservation Laboratory in the McFarlin Library; Other announcements.